Automobile bed



A. s. ROBINSON AUTOMOBILE BED Filed July 23 1924 "June 16,1925.1,542,526

Fig.3. AMOS S.ROBINS 0N Patented June 16.1925. i p

OFFICE.

-" ,]A'MOS;S. ROBINSON, ,OF'COLUMBUS,.OHIO.

, AUTOMOBILE Bnnf To" Zlirwhom 'it mag concern: In the accompanyingdrawings which il- 50 Be: itrknown'zthatl, AMos S. ROBINSON, ilustrateone embodiment of the invention. a citiz'en of the UnitedStatesyresidingnt Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the Columbus; in'the countyof Franklin andleft hand side of a car body asiit appears 6Stateof v O.hio,whave invented a certain new. modified for my invention.

andv useful Improvement in Automobile Fig. "2' is avertical longitudinalsection 55 Beds, of which the following is a. speoifiof the car bodylooking toward the left H hand side thereof.

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Application filed M1 23, 1924.;seriaiirosyzaezsg fl I t Becausezof theexpense of lodgings in Fig. 3 1s a view of the rear end of the 1hotelsftouring ,the country .in an automocar body partly in'verticalcross section on bile is-justifiably indulged in only by the the lineIIIFig. 2 showing the foot of the 60 very? richor the near very rich. Tosleep bed extended;

" comfortably on 'the 'seat'sof the ordinary Fig. 45 illustrates a sideView of the hood H automobile for-several :nightsin succession for theextended foot of the bedl' I w is impossible because they are not longFig.5 is a detail on a larger scale show- 'enoug'h to permit thatstretching of-the legs ing'the manner of hinging the foot ex- 66 whichis necessary to secure restful relaxatension of the bed. tion. To carryandruse-a tentand cots i n- 111 the views 6"designates thee-a1 bodyvolves much-labor. loss of time from the which may be of any type but ispreferably realjoy of touring and an unsightly loadof the limousinevariety. It is also prefing' of. the carnotg to dilate upon theerable'that the body be provided with the 70 disconifdrts andanxieties Yengendered by tw o usual forward doors 7 only. The left rainstorins and:the'attaioksof vicious 'inhand side of the body a-tlits rear 'portionis' "seets Severalplans have beenproposed to made with a rectangularopening the outembody Ysleeping'accommodations with an 1 line of whichis indicated at ,8, said openautomobile but user. as I famx aware suching to be normally closed by a cover or pan- 75 arrangements have'not'met with very gen gel 9 hinged at its lower edge to the body byeral public. acceptance because of'their ex-' afpair of curvedtonguesflike that shown penseorbecause the departure from standat 10,extendingthrough keepers 1 1 so that ardsofxcons'trnction havemilitatedagainst the cover can be turned up-to occupy a p o-Q'the:1stability-0fathe car or'its "chaste ap sition flush with the outersurface of the 80 pearance. r 7 I body. The hinging members lO'areformed 1 i The objectof the presentfinvention is to to' permit'the cover9 to "be turned down outprovide a construction whereby a comfort ward,from the sideof't he car to horizontal able full length bed c n flbarranged witll- 1 pOSition in which'positionit is supported byoutsuc'h'an alteration of the car or its frame chains 12 suitablysecured to hooks at the in- B5 as will materiallyllessen its strength ormar ner sideof the car body. To provide @001;

its appearance either 'interiorly or exlap sible hood for'the' footextension there is teriorly. a securedto a wooden marginal frameon the40 1 It is one of the features of my invention inner side-o-f the cover9 a flexible member to provide means whereby the cushion of thecomprisingfpieces of c( nvas or ducking 13 stationary rear' 'seat and amovable cushstitohedtogether to form four rectangular ioned backtherefor may be placed together pockets into each. of which is inserteda ndSupplementedlongitudinallyof theseat panel or board of thinwood M,said boards 45 beyond thefside 'wnior'aie car to form being of nearlythe exact dimension of the full [length bed extending crosswis .of thepockets so thatwhen all four of the boards car. Other featuresqwillbefherea fter' disor panels are inserted in their respective closed thepoints of; novelty being finally pocket s'the'canvas hood is heldupright and Glaimd?" forms four sides of 'an inclosure with an openinginto it through the wall of the body of the car the panel 9 forming theclosed bottom of the extended inclosure. The openings to the pockets inthe canvas hood for the insertion of the top and the end pieces of thesustaining boards are left at the inner edges of the canvas adjacent thebody of the car, while the opening for the outer or vertical pocket isleft at one of the vertical ends as shown at the right hand side of Fig.4; and the outer ply of canvas of that pocket can be provided with a tab15 having a snap button fastening member thereon to engage acomplementary fastening member 16 on the adjacent end pocket to confinethe board in its pocket. It is this board of the: outer pocket thatholds the restof the hood partsin proper position together with marginssuch as shown at 13 on the inner edges of thetwo end and top pocketswhich are buttoned to suitable members on: the innerside of the marginsof the openin 8 hen all the boards are removed from their pockets thecanvas hood can be collapsed or folded down onto the upper face of thepanel or cover 9 and the latter raised into position to close theopening 8. \Vhen so raised and latched the canvas member and thesupporting chains 12 can be concealed with a curtain made of the same-material as the covering for the upholstery and fastened by suitablebuttons.

The cover or panel -9 is upholstered sufficiently at its inner side toprovide a soft surface alining substantially horizontally with thesurface of the cushion of the permanent rear seat 17 so that a personlying on that seat can extend his nether extremities through the opening8 and finda comfortable resting place there. To double the capacity ofthe bed thus formed the back' cushion of the seat, shown at 18 in brokenlines in Fig. 2, is made removable with a.

stiff back at 19 and placed 'upon small brackets 20 at opposite sides ofthe car body seat and on a level therewith. The placing of the. backcushion in just described manner affords room for a second person whosefeet can also be projected through the opening 8 to rest upon theupholstered panel 9.

, The seat 21 for the driver is,.according to my present proposal, mademovable about the car but will be provided with any suitable and wellunderstood means for quickly fixing it to the floor of the body inproper position for managing the steering wheel. When disengaged fromthe floor the driving seat can be turned around and moved forward to theright hand corner of the car thereby providing a large clearspace withinthe car for dressing or undressing. Indeed in such a space it will bepracticable to set up a small folding table for dining, playing .Theforms of the parts can be changed without departing from the gist of theinvention as claimed.

What I claim is:

1.;A; vehicle body having a transverse fixed rear seat and an opening inthe side wall of the body portion only opposite an end of said seat, aclosure for said opening adapted to be-extended beyond the side of thevehicle body to provide room for a bed portion cooperating with and asan addition to said seat to form a bed extending transversely of thevehicle.

2. A vehicle body having a transverse fixed rear seat and an opening inthe side wall of the body portion only opposite an end of said seat, aclosure for said opening hinged to the wallof the body adapted to beextended beyond the side of the vehicle body to provide room for a bedportion cooperating with and as alongitudinal' addition to said seattransversely to the vehicle to form a bed. i

A vehicle body having a transverse rear seat and an opening in the sidewall of the body portion only oppositean end of said seat,- a closurefor said opening adapted to be extended beyond the side of the vehiclebody to provide room for a bed portion cooperating with and as alongitudinal addition to said seat to form a bed and a collapsible hoodof flexible material cooperating with said closure to exclude weatherfrom said extended room.

4. A vehicle body having an opening in its side wall opposite an endofthe rear seat in said body, a closure for said opening adaptedto beextended beyond the side of the vehicle body to provide room for a bedportion cooperating with and as an addition to said seat to form a bedand a collapsible hood cooperating with said closure to exclude weatherfrom said extended room consisting of a flexible member having fourunited rectagular pockets to receive stilfening elements.

5. A vehiclebody having a rear seat and a removable backcushion'therefor, said body provided with an opening in the side Wall ofthe body portion only opposite an end of said seat. a closure for saidopening adapted to be extended beyond the side of the vehicle body toprovide room for a bed portion cooperating with and .as a longitudinaladdition to said seat to form a bed and means for supporting saidremovable back cushion adjacent said rear seat also to cooperate Withsaid closure in forming a bed extending lengthwise transversely of theve- 5 hicle.

6. A vehicle body having a transverse seat and an opening in the sideportion of the body of the car only opposite the end of said seat and aclosure for said opening providing room beyond the side of the body ofthe ear for a bed portion adapted to cooperate with said seat to form abed extending transversely of the vehicle.

AMOS S. ROBINSON.

